Anthropochorous distributed as a result of human disturbance or influence.

Anthropogenic arising as a result of human influence or interference.

Arboreal Tree-living

Basalt(ic) outcropping rocks of high heavy metal and zeolite content comprising the coastal hills of Cos. Antrim and Londonderry; drainage waters and derivative soils are of high base status.

Biogeography the scientific study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

Biome a major category of habitat in a particular region of the world, such as the Boreal coniferous forest zone of northern Europe.

Biotope a habitat which is uniform in its main climatic, soil and biotic conditions.

Boreal of the Boreal biome; the coniferous forest zone in northern Europe and/or the coniferous forest zone in mountains within central Europe.

Boreo-British confined to Scandinavia and the British Isles within Europe (Lindroth 1935) i.e. a Boreal pattern of distribution circumscribed within northern and western Europe and excluding the central European mountains.

Calp soils in Fermanagh derived from Carboniferous strata with very impeded drainage and often low base status.

Carboniferous strata of Carboniferous age, mainly the hard limestones of Fermanagh in our area; derivative soils may be relatively shallow or well-drained and therefore of high base status, or of impeded drainage and of low base status e.g. the calp soils of east Fermanagh.

Cretaceous strata of Cretaceous age, mainly soft chalk in our area.

Diurnal day active.

Dorsum (dorsal adj.) the upper surface of the insect body.

Drumlin a glacial feature; specifically small, oval, asymmetric hills from 100 to 2000m long, formed inside end moraines; drumlin landscapes are especially common in Down.

Ecotope a particular kind of habitat within a region or biome.

Edaphic the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of the soil which affect an ecosystem.

Macaronesia Atlantic Islands including the Canaries, Madeira and the Azores

Mesotrophic having an intermediate trophic status, usually applied to water bodies or to soil water with moderate concentrations of dissolved minerals.

Mull Less acid humus soils in which litter breaks down rapidly

Nardo-galion Plant community dominated by the grass Nardus stricta and herbs of the genus Galium (bedstraw); typical of certain types of wet heathland

Nearctic with a geographical distribution confined to North America.

Oligophagous (specialised) feeder on a few species of prey organisms.

Oligotrophic having a low trophic status; usually applied to water bodies or to soil water in peaty or hill areas where the underlying rocks are of low base status.

Ombrogenous of a type produced by the action of rain rather than ground water.

Ombrotrophic trophic status largely produced by rainwater rather than groundwater.

Oxyteline with a physical resemblance to rove-beetles (Staphylinidae) in the subfamily Oxytelinae i.e. flattened, narrow and parallel-sided.

Palaearctic with a geographical distribution confined to the northern Eurasian land mass.

Peryphus A subgenus of Bembidion of characteristic appearance (either with four pale spots on elytra or with greenish metallic reflection) species of which are occur frequently in gravelly or sandy places such as on streambanks e.g. B. andreae, bruxellense, decorum, femoratum,monticola, nitidulum, stephensi, tetracolum

Philochthus A subgenus of Bembidion of characteristic appearance (small, with broadly sinuate hind-angles to the pronotum) common in wet water margin habitats e.g. B. aeneum, guttula, lunulatum, mannerheimi.

Piceous a dark brown colour.

Pronotum the dorsal plate of the mid body, or thorax, in Coleoptera.

Psammophilous with an affinity for sandy ground.

Prosternum the main ventral plate of the mid body or thorax in Coleoptera.